Qualities others see as flaws or red flags you find unique or quirky. The phenomenon of idealization facilitates this process. While our hearts are submerged in the glory of attraction ...

This is a Freudian defense mechanism known as “idealization,” the process in which we elevate someone to near perfection in our minds, often setting ourselves up for disappointment.

The idealization of the West sold. Chinese consumers chose European worldliness and an Italian brand name over domestic “tackiness.” Many similar instances of proximity to whiteness, falsely equated ...

And what's more, they feel the same way about us. The early phase of romantic love is possible because of "idealization," an act of imaginative exaggeration that always includes some sort of yearning.

The images are never-ending: Celebrities like Kim Kardashian posting one sultry shot after another on social media. But new research warns this constant barrage of "perfect" bodies can undermine ...

So they developed three experiments to determine whether there is an optimal level of idealization of a partner. In the first, 99 couples (all heterosexual, except for one lesbian couple ...

In the idealized myth, mothers and babies spend their days discovering the wonders of life, reading, playing and laughing. Mom wears her baby in a sling, never raises her voice and of course has ...

In the secular calendar, we are at the end of February; in the Christian calendar we are in the midst of the season of Lent. One of the interesting things about February is that it is Black ...